Pierre de Reims ( or ; died 29 January 1247) was a French Dominican prelate and preacher.
Pierre belonged to the first generation of Dominicans in Paris. He was the prior provincial of France and prior of Saint-Jacques in Paris from 1224 to 1233, during which time Hugh of Saint-Cher, who succeeded him as prior, joined the order. When Hugh was made a cardinal in 1244, Pierre resumed the priorate until 1245, when he was elected bishop of Agen.Martin Morard, "Un ouvrier de l'ombre des postilles d'Hugues de St-Cher: Pierre de Reims et la Glose dominicaine", Sacra Pagina (2026), retrieved 29 March 2026. He was consecreated on 30 November.Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia catholica (Libreria Regensbergiana, 1913), vol. 1, p. 77. He was succeeded as prior by Humbert of Romans. He died in office on 29 January 1247.
Around 1240, Pierre compiled the , a glossed Bible with a standardised mise-en-page based on Hugh of Saint-Cher's shorter postil. It is known from many manuscripts. Pierre was also a prolific preacher. Some 515 of his sermons have been identified., Repertorium der lateinischen Sermones des Mittelalters für die Zeit von 1150–1350, Vol. 4: L–P (Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1972), pp. 724–757. Six of these found in the collection in manuscript Laud Misc. 511 were drawn from the lost manuscripts and , which in turn probably drew from a collection of Pierre's sermons.Mary Elizabeth O'Carroll, A Thirteenth-century Preacher's Handbook: Studies in MS Laud Misc. 511 (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1997), pp. 93–94, 96, 214n, 224. Notably for a Dominican, he wrote a sermon for the translation of Francis of Assisi.George Ferzoco, "Preaching, Canonization and New Cults of Saints in the Later Middle Ages," in Nicole Bériou and Franco Morenzoni, eds., Prédication et liturgie au Moyen Âge (Brepols, 2008), pp. 297–312, at 304n.
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External links Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 506 – containing over 100 folios of Pierre's sermons